SRV Records

An SRV record, which stands for Service record, is a DNS entry that is used to define the servers which run a specific service for a domain. In other words, you are able to use your domain not only for an Internet site, but also for an instant messaging server, a video streaming host or even a Voice-Over-IP server, for instance, while you still have an Internet site with it. When you create the SRV record, you may choose what Internet Protocol it'll employ, on which port the connection to the specific server is going to be established along with the priority and the weight of the record provided that you have a number of SRV records for the exact same service. The second option will permit you to use different machines for load balancing and redundancy. Using this type of DNS records, you can use the same domain name for a number of purposes and even with different providers in case the same one can't provide all services you require.

If you host a domain in a cloud web hosting account from our company and we control the DNS records for it, you're going to be able to create a new SRV record with only a few clicks in the DNS Records area of your Hepsia Control Panel. Our user-friendly interface makes it much easier to set up a new record in comparison to other website hosting Control Panels, so if you need an SRV record, you'll only have to fill a couple of boxes and you will be set. This includes the protocol as well as the port number, the value i.e. the actual record, the priority plus the weight. For the last two you may set any value between 1 and 100 based upon which server you would like users to access first or what recommendations the other company has given you. As an added option, you may choose how long this record will be active after you modify it or delete it - the so-called Time To Live time, which is measured in seconds. Unless required otherwise, you could leave the default value there.

A brand new SRV record could be created within just seconds for each domain address hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company. The Hepsia hosting CP, employed to control the semi-dedicated accounts, features a very easy-to-use interface, so you will be able to create any DNS record even though you may have no previous experience with such matters. After you sign in to the account, you are able to set up records via the DNS administration tool, which is part of Hepsia and once you choose SRV for the type, a few text boxes are going to appear. You have to input the service, port number and protocol info along with the record value in them and the new record will be working right after that. The priority and weight options may be set to every value between 1 and 100, the standard one being 10. You can adjust each of the two if the other provider has requested you to do so. In addition, the Time To Live (TTL) value, which indicates the duration a record will remain active if edited or removed, can also be modified from the standard 3600 seconds.